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Familiarity with vaccine passport tech is laying the foundations for digital IDs
Vaccine passport technology has become an intrinsic part of society over the past year, as governments across the globe search for solutions that help protect citizens from …

Buy now, pay later fraud, romance and cryptocurrency schemes top the list of threats this year
Experian released its annual forecast, which reveals five fraud threats for the new year. With consumers continuing to take a digital-first approach to everything from …

Fraud detection is great, but you also need prevention
In this interview with Help Net Security, Itay Levy, CEO of Identiq, talks about the importance of fraud detection when it comes to protecting an organization but also its …

Consumer IAM market to reach $17.6 billion by 2026
The global consumer IAM market is projected to grow from $8.6 billion in 2021 to $17.6 billion by 2026, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15.3% during the forecast …

How to avoid “festive fraud” during the holiday season
The year-end holiday season is a time for celebration – a chance to decorate homes, splurge on gifts and gather with family and friends. It’s also a time when the scammers …

How familiar are consumers with data protection best practices?
With data breaches on the rise along with consumer demand for privacy and control over their own data, governments have in turn adopted new data protection regulations — and …

QNAP NAS devices targeted by new bitcoin miner
Unsecured QNAP NAS devices are getting covertly saddled with a new bitcoin miner, QNAP has warned users. “Once a NAS is infected, CPU usage becomes unusually high where …

5G services revenue to reach $600 billion by 2026
Revenue generated from 5G services will reach $600 billion by 2026; representing 77% of global operator-billed revenue, a Juniper Research study found. It found adoption of 5G …

What’s stopping consumers from acting on a data breach notice?
Only three percent of consumers implemented a credit freeze after receiving a data breach notice, 11 percent enrolled in credit/data monitoring, and only 22 percent changed …

Biometrics emerging as the preferred identity verification option for digital consumers
Onfido announced the results of a global study with Okta which revealed that businesses have just 10 minutes to set up digital accounts or risk losing consumer trust. The …

Tech support scams becoming the top phishing threat to consumers
NortonLifeLock published a report detailing the top consumer cybersecurity insights and takeaways from July to September 2021. The latest findings show tech support scams, …

Organizations failing to give users the login experience they want
Companies often claim to be customer-centric, or even customer-obsessed, striving to offer technologies that their users demand. However, the findings of a recent global Auth0 …
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